Well, this is a NBD thread I honestly didn't expect to make.  Some of you might know that back in September 2024, I set myself a challenge - to achieve a "giggable" bass in a £150 budget - new parts only, ignoring postage costs.  The core component of this challenge was a bass I spied and really liked the look of - the Fazley Hot Rod - a no-nonsense, pickguardless FSO, reverse P, volume only.  Bax are the only vendors of these as far as I could see so even though they were out of stock and on ba